Game



M. BERG Jan. 26, 1943.

GAME

Filed may 28, 1942 fly INVENTOR.

Patented Jan. 26, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,309,494 GAME Martin Berg, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 28, 1942, Serial No. 444,798

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to games and more particularly to games of pocket-size type.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a game including a game board therefor, which is very simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, very light in weight and confined to relatively small dimensions, so that it can be placed in the pocket of a player.

It is another object of this invention to provide a game board preferably made entirely of cardboard or similar cellulosic material having a hollow space between bottom and top wall for accommodating therein play pieces arranged in predetermined order ready for immediate play.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide carrier means for the play pieces which may he slid into a space disposed within the game board.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide spaced apart straps within the hollow space of the game board forming reinforcements for top and bottom walls thereof and also guide means for the carrier means arranged for sliding movement within said game board.

Yet, another object of the present invention resides in the provision of perforations within the carrier means, blanks fittingly engageable with said perforations forming the play pieces, which may be variously colored for' playing purposes.

Still a further object of the present invention is to provide carrier means with perforations having tapered walls for engagement with the play pieces, so that the same can be easily inserted therein and for removal therefrom. A further object of the present invention is the provision of closure means for the space within the game board, said closure means being frictionally engageable between the upper and lower panels of the game board and not necessitating any metallic pivots or hinges.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following disclosure thereof together with the attached drawing which illustrates certain forms of embodiments thereof. These forms are shown for the purpose of illustrating the invention since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a top plan view of the game device made in accordance with the invention, a part of the device being broken away in order to illustrate the internal parts.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a modification of the game device made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view along line 55 of Fig. 4, the middle part being broken away for the sake of clearness.

In that embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1, the game device comprises game boards I0 having spaced top plate II and bottom plate I2 made of cardboard or like material between which there are provided lateral reinforcing straps or bars I3, I4 interconnected with one another by cross-bars I5. From the latter and centrally of the game board In there extends within the hollow space I 6 between spaced top and bottom plates II, I2 a reinforcing strap I'I.

Reinforcing straps I3, l4, l5 and Il may be made and stamped out from a single blank of cardboard, as it is well understood and may form a kind of a frame adapted for insertion between and pasted or otherwise fixed to upper and lower plates II and I2.

It will be observed from Fig. 1 that the forward ends of straps I3, I4 and central strap H are somewhat reduced in width and curved, as at I3a; Ilia and H512; and Ma, respectively, to fittingly and frictionally engage with correspondingly shaped lateral extensions 25a, 25b of carrier or slide 25 and 26a, 26b of slide or carrier 26.

Carriers 25, 26 may also be made of cardboard or like fibrous material and are adapted to slide within the space provided between top and bottom plates ll, I2 and along the lateral walls of straps I3 and I1 and I4 and IT, as can be easily realized from Fig. 1.

Dimensions of carriers 25 and 26 are so chosen as to fill out the spaces confined between said top and bottom plates I I and I2 and straps I5, I 3, I l and I4. Both carriers 25 and 26 are provided with a series of scored or stamped out blanks, such as disc 21, forming a playing piece adapted, for example, for checker or chess games. As clearly seen in Fig. 3. circumferential wall 28 of each playing piece 21 is preferably tapered or sloping from the surface 29 to the underface 30 as to frictionally engage with the wall of a respective perforation 3| and to be thu's retained in its proper position with respect to the corresponding carrier or slide.

It is evident that different colors may be selected for the playing pieces and also for their carriers to provide a plurality of sets of playing pieces for the contestants of a game.

It is further well understood that top and bottom plates of the game board I0 may be provided with playing fields either by directly printing the same thereon or by means of printed paper attached to the plates, such as 32, for checker or chess game.

said frame being positioned intermediate said game boards and being attached to the respective inner faces of said game boards, and carrier there has been provided an inexpensive game board of any appropriate size which is very compact and is provided with one or more spaces or pockets in the interior thereof for engagement with one or more slides or carriers for retaining playing pieces or members in predetermined order during the course and after the performance of the game, slides or carriers forming simultaneously reinforcing means for the spaced game board plates.

Figs. 4 and 5 show a modification of the invention. The construction of the game board 40.

is similar to that of board l0, however, the playing members or pieces (indicated in dotted lines) may be loosely received in the spaces 45, 45a, provided between lateral straps 4|, 42, central strap 43 and crosswise extending and interconnecting part or strap 44. These straps may be also stamped out of a single paste board blank and may form a substantially U-shaped frame adapted to be positioned intermediate upper and lower plates or panels 40a, 40b.

While the extended ends a, 25b and 26a, 26b of th carriers 25 and 26 (Fig. 1) form closure means for the spaces provided in game board ill, the closure means of Fig. 4 is formed by a bar 46 made of cardboard and provided with projections, such as 41, 48 and 49 fittingly engaging with corresponding recesses provided within straps 4l,-43, and 42. Cross-bar 46 somewhat extends laterally of the game board and is provided with lugs 50, 5| for facilitating insertion and retraction of cross-bar 46 with respect to straps 4|, 43, and 42.

It can thus be seen that without the necessity of any metallic hinges or pivot means the playing pieces may be retained in their respective spaces or pockets 45, 450. by closure bar 46.

As it is shown in Fig. 4, the top surface ,of the game board is provided with a playing field for backgammon, whereas the underface of the game board may be equipped with a playing field for checker or chess game.

While there has been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to the above embodi-' merits, it will be understood that various admissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a game device, substantially fiat holder means comprising a transverse strip and at least two legs extending therefrom in parallel and spaced relation and at substantially right angle to said strip forming a substantially U-shaped frame, a top game board, a bottom game board,

means for removably retaining playing pieces for said game boards and frictionally engageable with lateral opposed edges of said legs, said lateral edges having inwardly directed recesses substantially at the free ends of said legs, said carrier means being adapted to abut against said transverse strip and being provided with projections, respectively engageabl with said recesses, the free end of said carrier means when engaging said lateral edges of said legs and abutting against said transverse strip being in register with the forward ends of said boards, at least one of said boards having a cut-out exposing a portion of said forward end of said carrier means, whereby said free end of said carrier means may be grasped by the hand of the player to withdraw said carrier from its position between said game boards.

2. In a game device, substantially flat holder means comprising a transverse strip and three legs extending therefrom in parallel and spaced relation and at substantially right angle to said strip forming a frame, a top game board, a bottom game board, said game boards being connected together at an adjacent end thereof, said frame being positioned intermediate said game boards and being attached to the respective inner faces of said game boards thus forming two compartments having each an open end, carrier means provided with openings, and conically shaped playing pieces for said game boards removably engageable with said openings, said carrier means being slidable in said compartments, respectively, and being frictionally engageable with lateral opposed edges of said legs, said lateral edges having inwardly directed recesses substantially at the free ends of said legs, said carrier means being adapted to abut against said transverse strip and being provided with projections, respectively engageable with said recesses.

3. In a game device, substantially flat holder means made from paper layer material comprising a transverse strip and at least two legs extending therefrom in parallel and spaced relation and at substantially right angle to said strip forming a substantially U-shaped frame, a top game board, a bottom game board, said game boards being made from paper material and connected together at an adjacent end thereof, said transverse strip being positioned at said connecting ends of said game boards whilst said frame extends intermediate said game boards to brace the latter, said frame being attached to the respective inner faces of said game boards thereby forming at least one compartment having an open end, carrier means for removably retaining playing pieces for said game boards 'projectable from said open end and frictionally slidable between lateral opposed edges of said legs within said compartment and being adapted to abut against said transverse strip, the free ends of said legs being provided with recesses, and means having projections, respectively engageable with said recesses to close said compartment.

MARTIN BERG. 

